The following is a list of current United States governors by age. This list includes the 50 state governors, the five territorial governors, as well as the mayor of Washington, D.C. in office as of January 9, 2024.

State governors

State Governor Date of birth Date of
inauguration		 Age at
inauguration		 Time in office Current
age		 Party
Alabama Kay Ivey October 15, 1944 April 10, 2017 72 years, 177 days 6 years, 274 days 79 years, 86 days Republican
Alaska Mike Dunleavy May 5, 1961 December 3, 2018 57 years, 212 days 5 years, 37 days 62 years, 249 days Republican
Arizona Katie Hobbs December 28, 1969 January 2, 2023 53 years, 5 days 1 year, 7 days 54 years, 12 days Democratic
Arkansas Sarah Huckabee Sanders August 13, 1982 January 10, 2023 40 years, 150 days 364 days 41 years, 149 days Republican
California Gavin Newsom October 10, 1967 January 7, 2019 51 years, 89 days 5 years, 2 days 56 years, 91 days Democratic
Colorado Jared Polis May 12, 1975 January 8, 2019 43 years, 241 days 5 years, 1 day 48 years, 242 days Democratic
Connecticut Ned Lamont January 3, 1954 January 9, 2019 65 years, 6 days 5 years, 0 days 70 years, 6 days Democratic
Delaware John Carney May 20, 1956 January 17, 2017 60 years, 242 days 6 years, 357 days 67 years, 234 days Democratic
Florida Ron DeSantis September 14, 1978 January 8, 2019 40 years, 116 days 5 years, 1 day 45 years, 117 days Republican
Georgia Brian Kemp November 2, 1963 January 14, 2019 55 years, 73 days 4 years, 360 days 60 years, 68 days Republican
Hawaii Josh Green February 11, 1970 December 5, 2022 52 years, 297 days 1 year, 35 days 53 years, 332 days Democratic
Idaho Brad Little February 15, 1954 January 7, 2019 64 years, 326 days 5 years, 3 days 69 years, 328 days Republican
Illinois J. B. Pritzker January 19, 1965 January 14, 2019 53 years, 360 days 4 years, 360 days 58 years, 355 days Democratic
Indiana Eric Holcomb May 2, 1968 January 9, 2017 48 years, 252 days 7 years, 0 days 55 years, 252 days Republican
Iowa Kim Reynolds August 4, 1959 May 24, 2017 57 years, 293 days 6 years, 230 days 64 years, 158 days Republican
Kansas Laura Kelly January 24, 1950 January 14, 2019 68 years, 355 days 4 years, 360 days 73 years, 350 days Democratic
Kentucky Andy Beshear November 29, 1977 December 10, 2019 42 years, 11 days 4 years, 30 days 46 years, 41 days Democratic
Louisiana Jeff Landry December 23, 1970 January 8, 2024 53 years, 16 days 1 day 53 years, 17 days Republican
Maine Janet Mills December 30, 1947 January 2, 2019 71 years, 3 days 5 years, 7 days 76 years, 10 days Democratic
Maryland Wes Moore October 15, 1978 January 18, 2023 44 years, 95 days 356 days 45 years, 86 days Democratic
Massachusetts Maura Healey February 8, 1971 January 5, 2023 51 years, 331 days 1 year, 4 days 52 years, 335 days Democratic
Michigan Gretchen Whitmer August 23, 1971 January 1, 2019 47 years, 131 days 5 years, 8 days 52 years, 139 days Democratic
Minnesota Tim Walz April 6, 1964 January 7, 2019 54 years, 276 days 5 years, 2 days 59 years, 278 days Democratic (DFL)
Mississippi Tate Reeves June 5, 1974 January 14, 2020 45 years, 223 days 3 years, 360 days 49 years, 218 days Republican
Missouri Mike Parson September 17, 1955 June 1, 2018 62 years, 257 days 5 years, 222 days 68 years, 114 days Republican
Montana Greg Gianforte April 17, 1961 January 4, 2021 59 years, 262 days 3 years, 5 days 62 years, 267 days Republican
Nebraska Jim Pillen December 31, 1955 January 5, 2023 67 years, 5 days 1 year, 4 days 68 years, 9 days Republican
Nevada Joe Lombardo November 8, 1962 January 2, 2023 60 years, 55 days 1 year, 7 days 61 years, 62 days Republican
New Hampshire Chris Sununu November 5, 1974 January 5, 2017 42 years, 61 days 7 years, 4 days 49 years, 65 days Republican
New Jersey Phil Murphy August 16, 1957 January 16, 2018 60 years, 153 days 5 years, 358 days 66 years, 146 days Democratic
New Mexico Michelle Lujan Grisham October 24, 1959 January 1, 2019 59 years, 69 days 5 years, 8 days 64 years, 77 days Democratic
New York Kathy Hochul August 27, 1958 August 24, 2021 62 years, 362 days 2 years, 138 days 65 years, 135 days Democratic
North Carolina Roy Cooper June 13, 1957 January 1, 2017 59 years, 202 days 7 years, 8 days 66 years, 210 days Democratic
North Dakota Doug Burgum August 1, 1956 December 15, 2016 60 years, 136 days 7 years, 25 days 67 years, 161 days Republican
Ohio Mike DeWine January 5, 1947 January 14, 2019 72 years, 9 days 4 years, 360 days 77 years, 4 days Republican
Oklahoma Kevin Stitt December 28, 1972 January 14, 2019 46 years, 17 days 4 years, 360 days 51 years, 12 days Republican
Oregon Tina Kotek September 30, 1966 January 9, 2023 56 years, 101 days 1 year, 0 days 57 years, 101 days Democratic
Pennsylvania Josh Shapiro June 20, 1973 January 17, 2023 49 years, 211 days 357 days 50 years, 203 days Democratic
Rhode Island Dan McKee June 16, 1951 March 2, 2021 69 years, 259 days 2 years, 313 days 72 years, 207 days Democratic
South Carolina Henry McMaster May 27, 1947 January 24, 2017 69 years, 242 days 6 years, 350 days 76 years, 227 days Republican
South Dakota Kristi Noem November 30, 1971 January 5, 2019 47 years, 36 days 5 years, 4 days 52 years, 40 days Republican
Tennessee Bill Lee October 9, 1959 January 19, 2019 59 years, 102 days 4 years, 355 days 64 years, 92 days Republican
Texas Greg Abbott November 13, 1957 January 20, 2015 57 years, 68 days 8 years, 354 days 66 years, 57 days Republican
Utah Spencer Cox July 11, 1975 January 4, 2021 45 years, 177 days 3 years, 5 days 48 years, 182 days Republican
Vermont Phil Scott August 4, 1958 January 5, 2017 58 years, 154 days 7 years, 4 days 65 years, 158 days Republican
Virginia Glenn Youngkin December 9, 1966 January 15, 2022 55 years, 37 days 1 year, 359 days 57 years, 31 days Republican
Washington Jay Inslee February 9, 1951 January 16, 2013 61 years, 342 days 10 years, 358 days 72 years, 334 days Democratic
West Virginia Jim Justice April 27, 1951 January 16, 2017 65 years, 264 days 6 years, 358 days 72 years, 257 days Republican
Wisconsin Tony Evers November 5, 1951 January 7, 2019 67 years, 63 days 5 years, 2 days 72 years, 65 days Democratic
Wyoming Mark Gordon March 14, 1957 January 7, 2019 61 years, 299 days 5 years, 2 days 66 years, 301 days Republican

Territorial governors

Territory Governor Date of birth Date of inauguration Age at inauguration Time in office Current
age		 Party
American Samoa Lemanu Peleti Mauga January 3, 1960[1] January 3, 2021 61 years, 0 days 3 years, 6 days 64 years, 6 days Democratic
Guam Lou Leon Guerrero November 8, 1950 January 7, 2019 68 years, 60 days 5 years, 2 days 73 years, 62 days Democratic
Northern Mariana Islands Arnold Palacios August 22, 1955[2] January 9, 2023 67 years, 140 days 1 year, 0 days 68 years, 140 days Independent
Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi April 26, 1959 January 2, 2021 61 years, 251 days 3 years, 7 days 64 years, 258 days New Progressive, Democratic
United States Virgin Islands Albert Bryan February 21, 1968 January 7, 2019 50 years, 320 days 5 years, 2 days 55 years, 322 days Democratic

Mayors of federal districts

District Mayor Date of birth Date of inauguration Age at inauguration Time in office Current age Party
Columbia Muriel Bowser August 2, 1972 January 2, 2015 42 years, 153 days 9 years, 7 days 51 years, 160 days Democratic

Demographics of state governors

Note: The following information for currently serving state governors is correct as of 2021.

  • Statistics (not counting territorial governors):
    • The median age is 67 years, 26 days.
    • The median age at inauguration is 62 years, 340 days.
    • The median term length is 9 years, 201 days.
    • The average age among Republicans is 67 years, 51 days.
    • The average age among Democrats is 67 years, 317 days.
  • Age Ranges:
    • 10 governors are in their 70s;
    • 21 governors are in their 60s;
    • 12 governors are in their 50s; and
    • 7 governors are in their 40s.
  • Political Party:
    • 28 Republicans (56%)
    • 22 Democrats (44%)
  • Sex:
    • 41 Males (82%)
    • 9 Females (18%)

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Gov. Lemanu P. S. Mauga". National Governors Association. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "Arnold Palacios". National Governors Association. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
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